East End Film Festival

Tomorrow sees the opening of the East End Film Festival and the celebration of it’s ten year anniversary. Running over 6 days it will showcase home grown British features, documentaries and shorts including Donkeys, the debut feature from Bafta Award short-maker Morag Mckinnon and Kanchi Wichmann’s

Break My Fall amogst a list of exciting debuts. 

Amidst all this Martin Scorcese’s digitally re-mastered Taxi Driver, and a rare screening of the Ken Russell’s controversial 1971 film, The Devils, followed by a Q&A with the director. As well as the film packed programme there will be live music, flash-mob art instillations and industry events throughout the city. Not to mention an all day street party at The Water Poet to celebrate the Royal Wedding. 

Opening the festival is the world premier of The Libertines: There Are No Innocent Bystanders, the directorial debut of prominent music photographer, Roger Sargent. Following the band, all access, from the announcement of their reunion to the weekend of Reading and Leeds festival, it goes behind the tabloid stories to give an intimate insight into the troubled and talented band. 

Read our full interview with Roger Sargent

The amount of events on show is too much to mention so for the full programme of events click here

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Image: Phil Maxwell
Words: Emma Hurwitz